usn-2497-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2015-02-09 17:32
Modified
2026-02-10 04:40
Summary
ntp vulnerabilities
Details

Stephen Roettger, Sebastian Krahmer, and Harlan Stenn discovered that NTP incorrectly handled the length value in extension fields. A remote attacker could use this issue to possibly obtain leaked information, or cause the NTP daemon to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-9297)

Stephen Roettger discovered that NTP incorrectly handled ACLs based on certain IPv6 addresses. (CVE-2014-9298)

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        "availability": "No subscription required",
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Stephen Roettger, Sebastian Krahmer, and Harlan Stenn discovered that NTP\nincorrectly handled the length value in extension fields. A remote attacker\ncould use this issue to possibly obtain leaked information, or cause the\nNTP daemon to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-9297)\n\nStephen Roettger discovered that NTP incorrectly handled ACLs based on\ncertain IPv6 addresses. (CVE-2014-9298)\n",
  "id": "USN-2497-1",
  "modified": "2026-02-10T04:40:52Z",
  "published": "2015-02-09T17:32:37Z",
  "references": [
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}



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